Gold demand in India, the biggest consumer of bullion in the world, emerged again at the beginning of this year, as consumers in the nation began purchasing the metal for weddings, at a time when prices of the yellow metal are falling in the country’s local market due to the strength of the rupee. Harvesting [...]
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A recent survey of 500 small business owners and MD’s, undertaken by email marketing specialist Inbox Insight, has found that 59% of small businesses which were surveyed plan to make further investments in social media during this year, while only 3% are moving away from using the net. The survey also revealed that 73% of [...]
The new Italian government has adopted a new package of austerity measures, which have the aim of preventing bankruptcy for the country, and saving the eurozone’s single currency from collapse. The austerity initiatives were agreed upon at a recent cabinet meeting, which had to be held 24 hours ahead of the time it was originally [...]
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Despite his huge influence in the technology world, Steve Jobs was never awarded the prestigious title of Time magazine’s (Public, NYSE:TWX) Person of the Year (POY) – during his life. But now that he has passed away, he may finally win that honour, after he was put down as a POY possibility during a debate [...]
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Japanese Internet users spend more time reading blogs than web users in any other nation in the world. This is according to a recent report released by the digital analysts comScore (Public, NASDAQ:SCOR). The report discovered that approximately 80% of Japan’s entire Internet population viewed a blog site during June 2011, with the average user [...]
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Vice-President of the United States, Joe Biden, has told China that the US will never default on its debt. While speaking at Sichuan University on the final day of his recent visit to the Far East, he emphasised that China’s large holdings of dollar assets are safe. Biden’s trip comes during a time when tension [...]
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A survey has suggested that the UK manufacturing sector contracted during July for the first time in around two years. The Markit/CIPS manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for last month declined to 49.1, falling from a figure of 51.4 in June. A figure of less than 50 is a sign of contraction. The survey showed [...]
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A trade surplus for Japan has been recorded for the first time in around three months, as exports have enjoyed a recovery, after the earthquake and tsunami on the 11th of March hindered production. The country’s surprise trade surplus, posted in June, had a value of 70.7bn yen ($898m, £556m), according to Japan’s finance ministry. [...]
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Business angels are set to get a formal definition in the United Kingdom under Treasury proposals which will give tax breaks to rich individuals, who put both their cash and time into early-stage ventures. The plan, named the Business Angel Seed Investment Scheme (BASIS), has been based on a successful investment project called the Enterprise [...]
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UK Inflation Falls During October
Inflation in the UK dropped over the course of October, after it had reached its highest point since the early stages of the UK recession in 2008, during the third quarter of this year. According to the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), the consumer price index (CPI) measure for the rate of inflation dipped [...]